TAYMOUTH TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

BURT, MI

LSRC Y102-30 - South McGrew LSRC 6352 leads MMRR grain loads from Paines southbound for CSX in Wixom. — LSRC Y102-30 - South McGrew Credit: Cadden Zank

The Taymouth Township Historical Association (TTHA) is a non-profit organization located in Burt, Michigan. Founded in 1977, the organization's mission is to preserve and promote the history, culture, and heritage of Taymouth Township and its surrounding area.

The TTHA consists of a volunteer Board of Directors, who are elected annually by the members. The board oversees the association’s activities and implements new projects. The TTHA holds monthly board meetings and an annual meeting each fall.

The TTHA is dedicated to preserving and protecting the history of the area through collecting and preserving documents and artifacts, and conducting research. The association also sponsors educational programs, including lectures, tours, and workshops.

The TTHA also organizes a variety of events throughout the year, such as the annual Taymouth Township Heritage Festival, which celebrates the history and culture of the area, as well as the Taymouth Township Historical Society Museum. The museum houses a variety of artifacts and documents, including photographs, maps, and newspaper articles.

The TTHA also maintains a website, which provides a wealth of information about the organization and its activities. The website also features a searchable library of historical documents, photographs, and other resources. The TTHA is actively engaged in community outreach, including providing speakers and programs to local schools, libraries, and other organizations.

TAYMOUTH TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in BURT MI. US MID #8402600816

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

May 20, 2023: The "Bavarian Belle" docked at Frankenmuth, Michigan We're in Frankenmuth, Michigan; the <i>Bavarian Belle</i> is boarding passengers for its 6:30 PM tour, and I'm rushing across the bridge toward the dock at the north end of the RiverPlace Shops complex before I get left behind. Built in 1981, this charming Victorian-style paddlewheel steamer plied the Mississippi for nearly 20 years before its purchase and restoration by its present owners. Nowadays, it offers pleasant 45-minute sightseeing cruises along the Cass River to summer-season visitors to Michigan's &quot;Little Bavaria&quot;.

May 19, 2023: Zehnder's and the Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth, Michigan Facing each other across Main Street at the south end of downtown Frankenmuth, Michigan are Zehnder's <i>(left background)</i> and the Bavarian Inn <i>(right foreground)</i>, two longstanding titans of the local hospitality industry that each represent discrete chapters in the storied saga of the Zehnder family, who more than any other was responsible for putting the town on the tourist map as Michigan's &quot;Little Bavaria&quot;. It all started in 1929, when family patriarch William Zehnder, Sr. purchased the erstwhile Exchange Hotel and renamed it after himself - but it was across the street at the Bavarian Inn (our dinner destination for tonight) where the essential ingredients of today's Frankenmuth tourist experience were born. After a few formative years spent working at Zehnder's under the tutelage of his father and his uncle Ernie, it was William, Jr. who struck out on his own in 1950 with his purchase not only of the old Fischer Hotel across the street, but also the secret recipe for golden fried chicken that had earned previous owner Elmer Fischer considerable renown. Although chicken dinners remained Fischer's biggest draw, business was initially slow - the effect, experts said, of two essentially identical competing businesses operating in the same small town - and Zehnder soon found himself deeply in debt. Rather than throw in the towel, however, he took a gamble on the idea that a larger market was out there, and hatched a plan to help remake Frankenmuth as a regional tourist destination, playing up the Bavarian ancestry of the majority of the townsfolk. In 1958, Zehnder enlisted Chicago-based designer Robert Lederer to help remodel the place in an eye-catching mock-Alpine motif, and upon its reopening, the newly rechristened Bavarian Inn successfully set the town on the trend that endures to this day. The operation has since expanded to the scale of a full-fledged resort, but if all you're after is a family-style meal of fried chicken and/or hearty Teutonic comfort food, the original Inn (or, for that matter, the original Zehnder's across the street, with whom it's engaged in a good-natured rivalry) still serves it up in style.

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TAYMOUTH TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1530 E VERNE RD
BURT
MI
48417-2200

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MID #	8402600816
Name	TAYMOUTH TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	383225240
NTEECC	A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201112
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	43.250444, -83.926123
CODES	FIPS State Code: 26 FIPS County Code: 145 US Census Tract: 013000 US Census Block: 2008